Haffkine Institute

Coordinates: 19°00′08″N 72°50′39″E / 19.0021°N 72.8442°E / 19.0021; 72.8442
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The Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing is located in Parel in Mumbai (Bombay), India. It was established on 10 August 1899 by Dr. Waldemar Mordechai Haffkine, as a bacteriology research centre called the "Plague Research Laboratory".[1] It now offers various basic and applied bio-medical science services. The Institute opened a museum on its premises in March 2014 to showcase Haffkine's research and developments in microbiology and chart the history of the institute.[2] The Institute received ISO 9001:2008 certification in 2012.[3]

The Institute now serves as a teaching institution in the field of biomedical sciences and is affiliated to the

zoonotic infections.[3]

History

Dr.

nervous breakdown, two others quit), a form of vaccine was ready for human trials. On 10 January 1897,[1]
Haffkine tested it on himself. The vaccines that Haffkine prepared had remarkable results.

Frederick Percival Mackie served as director from 1923–31.[6][7]

Sans Pareil

Sans Pareil was once the official residence of the governor of Bombay. This mansion, which was originally a

its present site on Malabar Hill in 1883 and the property was used by the Bombay Presidency Recorders. Haffkine moved into the building to set up the "Plague Research Laboratory" in 1899, the laboratory being formally opened by the then governor of Bombay, Lord Sandhurst.[10]
The Institute was renamed "Bombay Bacteriology Laboratory" in 1906 and finally as "Haffkine Institute" in 1925.

References

  1. ^ a b c "History". Haffkine Institute. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Museum of Maladies and their miracles". Mumbai Mirror. 6 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b "From Directors Desk". Haffkine Institute. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ISBN 978-2-912553-84-3
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  5. ISBN 978-2-7453-3074-1
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  6. ^ Brown, G H (1944). "Frederick Percival Mackie". RCP Museum. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  7. S2CID 36776193. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  8. ISBN 978-0-14-009500-5
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  9. ^ "The History of Raj Bhavan, Mumbai". Raj Bhavan Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  10. ISBN 9788131728185
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